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jag prepared in .the fullest manner with his Ante, was highly ;censur:o—more especiallrhis having mentioned the case of Colonel . : -French, whom he knew to be in the West Indies; and whose absence, be stated, would not allow his proving that charge. Mr. SaEninAt4 felt perfeffly convinced the Hon. :Gentlenian had not, brought forward 'his present 'charges from any unworthy motive, and he'trUsted (he House would give him that fair and candid indul gence whiCh might be expeded from the liberality of a-British Parliament. He could not, however, avoid reprehending the lightness with which the Honourable Gent'eman had aded in the whole of this business. He had himself, when he first heard ' of the Honourable-Gentleman'scintention to.,bring forward those charges, taken the liberty to send a 'common friend to advise and commune with him on the high importance of the'aecusatious he was about to make; this h© (Mr. Sheridan) conceived it to be Ilia duty to do tronaAnotives of public duty. .Ho felt that the Bonourable Gentleman's intentions were the ;:rust fair and hUnourahle, but he had to lament, That it appeared evident in .this instance he had been made the tool of an association of men of the most unprincipled nature, and whose charaders, if the )406. Gentleman had taken time to inquire, he would have found Were most infamous. He depre cated, in the strongest terms, the delay of the in quiry and after some further conversation, it was agreed tliPt• the .following persons should be Sum moned to• attend the House on Tuesday next:— Captain Huxley Sandon, Mr. Cockayne, Mr. Curry, Mr. Donovan, Captain Tuck, Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke, and Mrs. Shaw. The Reports of the Committee were then ordered to be printed, and the House adjourned pt twelve o'clock tilllo-morrow. ~:r:~i MAILS. RRI ID —2 Dublin. Du -- y Gottenburfily vWuterford. PRICE OF STOCKS TiMS DAY AT TWILVI O'CLOCK• Consols Red. Ann. - - 671 TIME S TJ N. fICAILL% QUll illegal IiILIUM AVUSAT ? LUND O' .IV, SATURDAY, FEDRUARY 4, 1809. __..._~__._ .....:z~._. 'We are sorry to hear that the , Expedition ;r under the t.ommand- of Major-General SitunattooK, eon siithig of about 5000 men, has been dispersed by sever© weather. One Transport has put back into Portsmouth, and two into Cork. Their desti ny on is sUpposed to have been for Ceuta. We yesterday contradiaed the report of the French having advanced near Lisbon, and of the evacuation of that city by our Troops. The subjea of Portugal was last night adverted - in the House of.. Lords, and the statement of the Earl of..l4.mtPoor. fully con4rrned the inforknatlon. which we sub mated to our Readers. The important subject of the.- Charges against the Cominanc . ler in Chief, aS , our Readers will see, was resnined yesterday in the House of Commons, and though', we:, shall. persevere in refraining from alt Comments; on , the :',vidence till the discussion is concluded, we cannot forbear from expressing otir sincere pleasure that the result is lil;clyto be in the highest degree honourable to the character of the Tllustrious Persimage, in ques tion, not only as to, the charges themselves, but as AO the great ,adVantages which the Nation has derived from the improvement of its Military Ser vice. • Our . Readers will find in' a subsequent Column the tbtli Bulletin, the substance of , w - bilo WAkfita It'd Yes- terday. His MAJESTY did not come to town yesterday, as was expected, awing to the ferry at artehet not yet being m a state for cart taps tuliti'lerried over, and the bride which Separates Eton and Windsor having been blown tip by the floods, His MAJESTY will come to !OWL) on. Monday, if the impediments to his txavelling are removed: , It is now said, that the plan of Her MArcery drenrting at the Duke of cUr•IBERLANn's for the Drawing-,lloom is given up, in consequence of there being convenient places to keep Her IIAJESTY's pnd tne. PRINOESSI!ni Court dresses,in his Royal l'iwatiESs's apartments, and that Her MAJESTY and the PaiNczsses will dress at the.caueen's Palace : a teuiporary gate will -be made in the wall of tha garden aLtached - to'St:limes t ,a ralace,from the Park, for the Royal Family's carriages to enter;- they will proceed through the garden to n:window where thew of stew, over .wilieh tberowill,he a tem porary ctoopy eroded for them to enter,: To give time for these arrangements 44.11e,,rhpde,:_ytte wider btaqd ti'e intended pritwing,rauq# iorplA off from the .16th,to the g3d inst. sir V4iie HUNT and Sir JONAII BARRINGTON are, wt . :, hear, to be returned to Parliament for English BOroughs this Session,, On Monday last, as some workmen were digging a drain near a large piece of water, on the estate of Jopti } ~tt,ttsor , 1;1 4 4. at Shotswell, near Bucking ilwy struck against - a hard-substance, whith wau`observttt to he a,large vase,.of ialttiothe weight; „olid on its being opened,. it proved to contain a very curious collection qf old coins, and other valuable .st:tignities, The dates upon sonic &,the coins cor •,..,;,,titt with the thw uf 01.1YER CIO4s(WELL; „.. . frootif fire iii P4ll 411 littatened •. highiy injuriooS . tiiqhe-Arts,•ai iLbroke out .I‘ , lr, 1, NGit.,I I EIN, who, for its ot the iinest eolleetions of pie ,: :',!, ot..ntry. 'These .piclorc..:s were, how , reitinve4 tr,;l, - atter "he shorn • was 40:1 dep, d 0..1 a glace of c,airtk. N•AVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, .Fza. 2.—Sailed the viaory, of 110 guns, for Portmouth; Emerald Frigate, Peacock Sloop of War;• and Growler Gun-brig to the East ward. Arrived the French Chasse Mar6e La Prudent, laden with rosin, &c. capti - 4d by the Conlest Gnn. brig ; arrived alio the Shaitnon Frigate, Captain BROKE ) from a cruize off L'Orient. LONDON: Prinusti It!csitotg. 10,1111., of N4 l 4 , ‘fartlztt.•:ourr. now.; PORTSMOUTH, Pas. 3,—Put back the Lord Hood Transport, Smrrra, Master, bound, to Cadiz ; she parted from his Majesty's Shit) Pilot/0, on the 30th ult. in lat. 48.10,. N . . lortg. 10.60. W. in a tremen tZ-13 gale; At which time only 13 Sail, out of 32 which sailed, from Yarmouth Roads, on the 16;11 were in company. , DEAL, FEB. 3.—Last night the Alexander for To bago ra i n on shore on . ' the• breakers, but was got off by the assistance of the Deal Boats, with the loss of rudder, and remains in Downs with the Ships as per last. YARMOUTH, FEB. 3.—Arrived this morning tile Onyx Sloop of War from the Humber, with her prize, the Dutch Pfivateer Brig Manly, under jury masks, which she captured some little time back 'in the North Sea. EXTRACT OP A LETTER FROSt•kRINIDAD, NOV. 30. " An establishment is forming at this Island for refining the bitumen of the pitch-lake, which has. formed from a volcano. " The person who has a privilege for the ma nufaaure expetls to be able to make mob's. per day of good pitch, for the, navy or other purposes, and also a water-proof cement; for buildings in the water." The Bill which has been passed by the 'Senate of the United States, ibr the purpose of enforcing the provisions of the Embargo, prohibits all persons . . from exporting to any Foreign State any specie, or goods, either domestic or foreign growth, under the -penalty of paying treble the value of such articles. Informers to be paid one half of such fine. Every owner of any vessel evading this .ACI, every super cargo,' or seamen employed, every Owner of sych merchandise*, every owner of carts or waggonsem - - ployed in transporting arricles,, knowing the same are to be carried out of the United States, shall be deemed'aiding' and abetting. It is declared unlaw ful to ship any specie or goods without a permit, and 'a bond, for six limes the value *of the vessel and cargo, that she shall 'not . proceed to . a foreign port. Cargoes aro to be discharged, or bonds givsm for them, as won ns notice of the AO shill be received at the different COW= VarionS other re strictive measures are in progress through the Le giblature. Among the are a Bill for preventing Ships from sailing under fOreigh,liCences, and one for depriving Veisels, in certain cases, of theirAoae chargter. The Non-Intercourse Bill has been read a_first and second time, and reported. By the ith SeQion it is provided, that.if Great Britain or France revoke or modify their orders or decrees, so as to make American commerce safe in the opinion of the PitestheriT, of which revocation or modifi cation he Shall give public notice, the operatiok of this Atli, and of the Embargo Laws, shall cease and. determine, With respea to these Powers, *without, however, any remission of previous fines or fel.- fettures. , Th;,. following Resolution has been car ried in the House* of Representatives, alter a divi sion of 84 to 30 :-- " Resolveci, That it is expedient to prohibit, by law, the ,admission into the ports of th e U n i te d States, of all public Or private, armed or unarmed, Ships or Vessels belonging to Great Britain—or lei•ance—`-f . Jr to any other of the. Belligerent Powers, having in force Orders pr Decrees violating thelaw mul commerce and neutral rights of the United States —and also the importation of any goods, wares, or merehandize, the growth, produce, ormanuladure of the Dominions 'of any of the said Powers,' or Imported from any place in the possession of either.". Resolutions for placing the country in a more complete state of defence, and for raising 50 $ 0U0 volunteers lbr the army, have also been adopted. THE OPERA,--The new Comic .Opera, entitled I 1? illigialose ilizzari, brought forward at the King's Theatre, which we had not room to 'notice before, the production •of Sigunr PUCITTA, whose talents, as a musician, are'much esteemed on the Continent. His music in 'this Piece is light, appropriate, and effitetive. The accompanfments evince the skill. of a master, and 'do not overpower the air e which is too often the case. Sigeora PUCITTA, the wife of the Composer, made her first appearance on this arca- Jon. She is a pretty little woman, with an expressive face, and easy and graceful manner 3. Her vOiee i s hardly Powertid enough for this Theatre, but the tone is sweet, and she sings with neatness and taste. The audience received her very fayoUrat?ly: NA LDI'9 vocal powers and admirable comic-humour, are great props to the piece, which went . ofrwith eclat. AILGYLgi.STREET INSTITUTION'. -- -/The, season commenced on Thursday night: The place is now to'be considered aS a minor Opera-House, for 13ur lettas and Dancing; The chief performers at that place Are engagedwot, PUyITTA, PaioLtatrr; as well as StitoNt, for the Burletta, and VEST/116 and ANGIOLINI for the Dance. The name of the neW Btirletta last night is *for Vuol Grovetaie. The whole conaludecl with a ball, and the solid 'enjoy ment of a good supper, Thursday evening a Gentleman in George-yard, Lombard -street, gave to a man,' having the appear ance of a ti4et-rater, a trunit, containing pearls, diamonds,. gold rings, broaches, and utter valuable trinkets, to a iart: amount, 'to carry to Litne•;•street. It afterwards appeared that the felllow was a,sharper, who did 'not deliver his charge, and has not since been heard of. FROM TEE FRENCH P4PERS. TWENTY.NINTa BULLETIN OF THE ARMY OF SPAIN. " 4 i Valladolid, Jan. t 6. " On the iOth of January the head-quarters of General the Duke of Belltmo were at Araujuez. w " Here beldarned that the remains of thesarmy, which had been beaten at Tadela,' were re-united. in the neighbourhood of Cuenca, atter having been , joined by the.new levies froM Granada, 'Valencia, and Murcia. The King of Spain conceived'the pos sibility of drawing out the enemy. With this view, he ordered all the posts to fall back, which had ad vanced to the mountains of Cuenca, beyond Ta-. ran= and Huete. The Spanish army followed this Movement. On the itth, it was stationed at Veles. The Duke of Belluno then took post as Ta racon and Fuente d_e Pedroriara. On the 13th, the division of Villatte marched directly against the.ene mY; while the Duke of Belluno, .with the division of Ruffui, took a circuit by Alcamo . . As soon as General Vitlatte discovered the Spaniards; he ad vanced to the charge, and put to the route* the ene my's .12 or 13,000 men, who immediately endea-, voured to retire by Cara.cosa-on-Alcazar. The 9th regiment of light infantry, the 9.41 h, and the 96th of the line, presented to the enemy a wall of bap) . - nets. The Spaniards threw down their arms. .Three hundred Officers, two Generals, seven Colonels, ' twenty Lieutenant-Colonels, and twelve thousand Men, were made prisoners. Thirty standards ; and all the artillery, have been taken ( One Venegos„ who commanded these troops, has been The whole of the captured army, with its colours, escorted by three battalions, to-morrow (the. 17th) make its entrance into Madrid., Thlit success does the greatest honour to the Duke of &Nino, and to the conduct of his troop: General Villatte manoeuvred with skill, and General Ruffin distinguished himself : so did Genefal Latour I Mauburg. The young Secipransi, Chef d'Dscadron,, of the lit dragoons, threw himself into the inidsti: of the enemy, displaying singular bralery. He brought six stand of colours to the Duke of Bel limo. . " The General of Artillery Senarmont conducted himself as he has always done. When the enemy's army found its retreat • was cut off, it changed its direction. General Senarmont then pccUpied dnar- , row pass with his ..artillery, and upon,this pass it was that the enemy directed his course, in order to find out 'an opening. The artillery bad little escort ; but the canoniers of the Grand Army had no need 4 1 1 it. General Senarmont plaCed his guns in squar . . battalion, and fired with grape-shot. The enemy, s column again changed its direction, and turned to. the quarter from whence it came, to lay down its arms. " The Duke of Bellona praises M. Chateau, his first Aide-de-Camp. He recommends . also General Semele, and Colonels Jaimin, Meunier, Mouton, officers whose bravery and skill have been tried in a thousand actions. ' In Gallicia the English still continue to be pur sued at the point of, the sword. After having been' chased from Lugo, three parts of them took the direction to Corunoa, the fourth tint to Vigo, where they have transports. ,'[h© Duke of [last - laths has advanced towards Corunna, and the Duke of Etch- Ingen to Vigo. I " Deputations of the Ct.uncil of State of Spain, of the Council of. the Indies, of the Council of Fi nances; of 'the Council .of 'War, of the Council of Marine, of the Council of Orders, ortbe Junta of Commerce and of Money, of the Tribunals of Al caldes, of the Municipality of Madrid, of the Clergy regular and secular, of the. Order of .Nobility, ,of the Corporation major and minor, of the inhalo - Of the parishes of the different quarters of Madrid, were presented to the Emperor and King on the 16th, at Valladolid. ' Letters from Gibraltar to the tsth ult. bite been received, frormwhich we have extracted the follow ing intelligence respecting Spain :-- ".GIBRALTAR, JAN. 5.--. TWO transporto, with arms and ammunition on board, sailed to-day, under convciy 01 the Gannet, for Valentin and Catalonia, where ,they are much ,wanted. The utmost enthu siasm and, hatred against the French st►ll continues in all the provinces bordering on, the Mediterranettn ; and they are determined to defend themselves tot h e bit extremity; whilst they have arms or ammuni tion left. " The French armies , , though numerous, are sus taining great loss - es in the daily skirmishes with the Spaniards,. , That division which had advanced into . the province of Estramadura; has retteated with the greatest precipitation to Madrid, and a great number of stragglers have been cut 01l by the peasantry-- The passed of the Sierra-. Morena are now tomplete ly fortified, and defended by a body of 15,00 Q men, under Brigadier-Gen. ABADIA. " JAN, - 12.—l'he.,day before .yesterday, his Ex cellency Count TiLLY, and his 'Suite, arrived here from Taritn, in .their way. to Barbary ; his Excel lency was•ieeeived witll a saluie 01 1J guns on his landing. The Bulwark sailed ibis morning for Cadiz. • " JAN. 14. —Nothing new." The waters have made the most destruelive ravages at Bath. One whole street was undermined by , the waters of the AvOn, and suddenly fell, crushing the greatest part of the inhabitants.. The roots Of houses were seen floating_ down' the river. - In so&d; streets of the lower town, the groundifloors weit" under water ; the inhabitants lived up stairs, and their provi4Ons wereconveyed by the upper windows. In the midst thesemoq afflicting 'sights, ra cradle was seen finating down the stream 3 a child was seen moving in it. Several efforts Were. Made to save the Child; but tono purpose, till ,a providential , torn of the eddy brOught the cradle .so near as lobe hooked from the billiard-table was forced from its situation, and carried down the stream. This relaxed for a -while the muscles of sorrow and anxiety. , John Hayward, a glazier's servant, while clean, ing . the windows of a house in the Old l'hursday,front the insecurity of the board on which .he stood, unfortunately precipitated from a two Pair of stain window on the pavement below, and kI as killed on the spot ; he has left a wife • and two children to, deplore his loss. LIAM A ata Sc THE ARMY. firATEMENT OF THE EF FECTIVE lORCZ, IN *Ara £2 YU l•lLE,•ttf THE BRITISH REGULAR ARMY. AtijUtillt General's Office, jan. s 6. Cavalry - - • 27,35 6 - British Numbered Infantry Regiments - 13 8 .455 Unnumbered Regiments - - _ .15,44 6 Foreign Corps - - - - 26,039 Ceylon Cavalry. Gun Lascars at Ceylon, Black Pio• nee's at Jamaica, Unattxclied Men at the Army Depot - - - - 1,31 6 ••••••••••-...... General Total - zt0,614 STATEMENT OF rift EFFECTIVE RANK AN: , FILE OF Tng MILITIA OF GAT B.R.ITAIN ANN) larLANn Rani: and Fi1e.261 Militia of England - - - 53, Militia of S'Cutland - - - 6,9 1 1, Militizol Ireland . _ - 21,39 6 ,-.... 1 • Total - - t 1,577 GENERAL ORDERS. The benefits derived to an army from the example of a die. trneuished Commander, do not ter - mutate at his death : his virtues live in the recollection of his associates, and his Intl remains the strongest incentive to gre a t and glorious.actiont. In this view, the Commander to Chief, amidst the deell, and universal regret, which the death o f Lieutenant-Getter" Sir John Moore has occasioned, recall's to the troolts tart' career career of that illustrious. Officer for their instruction and 'imitation. Sir John Moore, from his youth, embraced the profession with the feelings and sentiments of a soldier ; he telt, did a perfect kno%vledge, and au exact performance of the humble, but important duties of a Subaltern Officer, are the best fOundation for subsequent military la mind, while it looked forward to those bi me illiL n t a al lielvit anentntent,; for which.tt was formed, applied twit', with energy and 43" emplary assiduity, ri the duties of that station. In the school 'of regimental duty, lie obtained that correa knowledge of his profession so essential to the proper tion of the gallant spirit of the ; and he was ena h bled to establish a characteristic order and regnlarty of conduel• because the troops found in their Leader a striking example of the discipline, which he enfidection others. - Having risen to command, lie signalized his name in the West.tadie4,, in Holland, and in Egypt. The unremitting , atteption with which he devoted himself to the duties of emery bYattat of his profession, obtained hint the confidence of Sit Itiilph AbercrontV, and he became the compaßion arms of that illustrious Officer, who fell - at the head of ins victorious troops, in an action which maintained our national superiority over the arms of franCe. Thus Sir john Moore, at an early period' obtained, wit h general approbation, that conspicuous station, in which lie gloriously terminated his useful and hanottrable life.. Ina military character, obtained amidst the dangers of mate, the privations incident to service, and the stitt:rings of repeated Wounds, it is difficult to seled any one point 35 4 preferable sttbjett for pt4ise ; it exhibits,. however, one al . WIC so plarticularly characteristic of the man, and so lin portant to the best interest of the service, tint the Cont. nWidefn . Chief is pleased to mark it with his peculiar rdbal The file'Of Sir John Moore was spent among the troops , • Durinf the season of repose, his time was devoted to the ' care and. instruction of the ()Meer and soldier; in war, ll° courted service in every quarter of the globe. R e gardless 0 1 petsonal LonSitterations; e esteemed that to which his C° l "7 try CiillettAllin, the post h of honour, and by spirit, and unconquerable perseve rance , he pointed the waY I to vittery. a His L ry; ountthe objet of his latest solicitude, will roan monument to his lamented memory, and tit Cornmand , ! . i „ t n Chief feels he is paying the be s t tribute to his fame by tou t holding hint forth as an example to the Army. hi Ch''e f ' By order of his Royal Hightuss the Conimander HARRY CA 0/ b Adj.-Gen' Horse-Guards, Feb. his tinda wife FEB. Z. Madame CATAtANI'S first Concert took place yes 4 4 terday in this town with the greatest t Oat. Al* though the subscription was 'of a high price, the tickets 9f admission being one guinea each, them was a:numerous and. very brilliant compaoy, Composed of the most respectable inhabitants of Bath and its environs. All the inns were filledin great MO snre by persons who had come friam Lott* don porpO!iery to assist at her conceits. Mali - sale CATALAN' sung the fatourite variation. Ofc.M.UzAaT, wh;eit were heard with enthusiasm, ak welt as the Duo of the fanotice„ which, s h e _ sun g with Signior- 111wergst. All thuse olio are use to hear Madame CATALAN', agree that she never . had so beautiful a voice as now. Her second' Con* cert will take place on Tuesday next. Setting apart the great talent and the fine acc4 lo4 : plishments which so eminently distinguish Madam CATALAN', and which make her so generally ad* . mired and esteemed by.every one, she is possessed Of a compassionate heart ; the poor of Dublin, mod of Edinburgh have experienced several times her ge - • tierwii!y, and lately those. of Bath ; Madame CATA' LAN!, th-ing* . affeeted with the misfortunes telt by many unhappy people, in consequence of- the law innundatien, has sent 40 Guineas, to the Hospital , fur the relief of the sufferers. A dreadful, although merely ni con' sternation was . 'felt •by eungrega 6ilt t tli im e ra a t rYi Sle . aford Church on .Sunday last.—Just at the in , itant in whic h ; the officiating Clergyman had prebotnic,ql the wiirds in the prayer for the Clergy' and People=—" sella down upon our 4iih op s and C urates , an d 0 11 00- gregations committed to their charge su dde and very violent gust of wind sent down ipverak. panes of glass from the church windows with a ter' , .. rible rattiing, and excited amongst such of the con' gregation as had not nerves strung tier all occasional the greatest dismay. After an awn-nee from the .Minkter ? that "'nothing further" was the matter , the service was resumed. Ahnefet.,4o,o4.t . atA ß lv i a ß , T Stlan fi cOcl, Mrs, johnctonc , of On th e 23d ult et. 1114RRIB1). On the 26th ult. William Falconer, Esq. of Briskhall, to Miss - Ann Sutherland, fifth daui,ltter ot the late John So therland, Esq. ot Wester. Lately, thC Rev. Mr. flaldwyn, formerly of Corpus Christi College, to Miss A. Higgs, ninth (laughter of Honri Riggs. Esq. ot Eastbourne Cottage, Stissex. PIND. I On Monday the23tl of !ninny, at his scat, LawrennY. Hall, l'emhrAeshire, in the Seth year of his age, Hugh Bar low, Esq. M. Y. lie represented the .Iforoughs of Peal broke, Tenby, and Wiston, upwards of 54 yens, hav!l ,been Ogled in eight s.,ccessive.Parliatnents. in Poin °lll/* both the general and individual interests of his * Constittient s . ha Nos Atakous and iversevering, The deities arising from his 'Pnblickst*.Oti he discharged with fidelity, and his private life was uniformly devoted to the exercise of thOse, rare aid estil enable qualiws which win irresistibly the grid opinion aio tiff:lawns of all tanks of society. The spirit of party' ne- v ° even attempted to depreciate his merits. No man prssesscki more triendS—no man better deserved them. lie ad in a ro9tt and horlograbte old age, osteemed, beloved, lamented.--" Capb /tail h